That sounds very similar to the setup I use with my asymmetrical, Fred. I had not thought of using the symmetrical that way. Now that my engine is rebuilt and I may get some sailing in, I'll give it a whirl.
Rich Knowles Indigo. LF38 Halifax On 2013-02-25, at 11:29, Frederick G Street <f...@postaudio.net> wrote: Rich -- I had a nylon webbing strap with D-rings at each end made up to wrap around the furled genny; I clip the tack of the spinnaker to that, then run a line from there UNDER my spare bow roller and back to a cleat (to adjust the height of the tack). The head of the spin goes to the spin halyard, and a single sheet aft through a block on a padeye on the side deck, to the primary winch. This is with a symmetrical spin that the previous owner left for me; it's pretty used up, but still enough life left to get the boat moving in light air. <LF38 Oceanis 1b.jpg> Fred Street -- Minneapolis S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^( On Feb 25, 2013, at 9:08 AM, Rich Knowles <r...@sailpower.ca> wrote: > Yup. Seems that flying a chute single handed around here is a bit dicey, > given the local sea breeze that kicks in after lunch most days. I remember > some nicely burned fingers one day a few years back. > > Thanks guys. > > Rich Knowles > Indigo. LF38 > Halifax > > On 2013-02-25, at 10:56, dwight veinot <dwightvei...@hfx.eastlink.ca> wrote: > > Rich > > I have done that with my triradial spinnaker several times...I use a tack > line outside the bow pulpit from the sail through the snap shackle on the > bow to a cleat on deck. Let the tack of the sail fly out in front about 4-5 > feet from the snap shackle on that line. Works nice off the wind in light > stuff. Release the tack line before the halyard when dowsing. Cleat the > spin halyard from a cabin top winch near the base of the mast...then it's > possible to do alone in light air but it's a handful and it's a real PITA if > the wind freshens...I have only done it on a very long light air run. I > started a long light air run from Crescent Beach to Lunenburg one nice warm > August fore noon and all was fine and beautiful for several hours up along > the coast and then when approaching Cross Island the wind began to build > and move forward...what a job I had then, it might have been easier to fall > off and head to Halifax rather than try to get that thing down...but I got > it down, lots of flapping and dragging behind in the water...I worked damn > hard getting that sail down and on board alone while Rosalie held tight to > the wheel. I don't carry the spinnaker much anymore and she is very happy > for that and fortunately I have found other things that occupy the space > below decks that it took up. _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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